Friends Against Fraud has three focus areas:

• Helping older adults have a better understating of fraud
• Increasing participant’s feelings of confidence in talking with friends and family about fraud and abuse
• Increasing the likelihood that an older adult would intervene to support a friend or loved one who may be at risk of or is currently being scammed.

In November 2018, the Elder Justice Committee launched Vital Signs, a professional level training focused on reducing risks and improving responses to sexual abuse of older adults.

The Vital Signs workshop has three objectives:

• Help professionals define and understand sexual abuse;
• Increase participant knowledge of potential red flags and indicators of abuse;
• Provide information about strategies that could be implemented to reduce risk and support survivors.